Regarding Using QSettings to read INI File

[JonB]

@poojakamshetty
It helps if you use code tags for posting this here.

values.insert(childKey, settings.value(childKey).toString());

Don't you mean:

QVector<QPair<QString, QString>> values;
...
values.insert(i, QPair<QString, QString>(childKey, settings.value(childKey).toString()));

?

Define yourself a type for QPair<QString, QString> and this will read easier.

[SGaist]

Hi,

Since you really want a specific order, wouldn't it be simpler to sort your container after loading it with data ? That way you would be a bit less depending on the storage format.

[mrjj]

@SGaist
Hi
He wants same order as in the ini file so not sure we can sort it out by sorting ;)
Unless you have something magic in mind?

[SGaist]

@mrjj said in Regarding Using QSettings to read INI File:

@SGaist
Hi
He wants same order as in the ini file so not sure we can sort it out by sorting ;)
Unless you have something magic in mind?

Nothing magic, but if order is important then maybe sorting the container be a better idea than relying on something that can be modified with a text editor.

[mrjj]

@SGaist
Absolutely if the order has any logic to it.
Also I'm not sure poster will find QVector easy to access compared to a
map.

[poojakamshetty]

@JonB using this I am getting error.

[jsulm]

@poojakamshetty said in Regarding Using QSettings to read INI File:

I am getting error

Don't you think you should post the actual error?!
Or should we guess what the error is?

[poojakamshetty]

@jsulm I am sorry, I thought I mentioned error.
main.cpp:29:13: error: no matching member function for call to 'insert'
qvector.h:147:10: note: candidate function not viable: requires 2 arguments, but 1 was provided
qvector.h:148:10: note: candidate function not viable: requires 2 arguments, but 1 was provided
qvector.h:235:21: note: candidate function not viable: requires 2 arguments, but 1 was provided
qvector.h:236:21: note: candidate function not viable: requires 2 arguments, but 1 was provided
qvector.h:149:10: note: candidate function not viable: requires 3 arguments, but 1 was provided
qvector.h:234:14: note: candidate function not viable: requires 3 arguments, but 1 was provided
This is an error.
values.insert(QPair<QString, QString>(childKey, settings.value(childKey).toString()));
At this line, I am getting that error.

[jsulm]

@poojakamshetty Please take a look at QVector documentation for insert() methods and fix your code. Hint: insert() has two parameters (as the error message already suggests).

[mrjj]

Hi
Actually you might want to use append instead
https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qvector.html#append
values.append(QPair<QString, QString>(childKey, settings.value(childKey).toString()));